Card-display case.



H. A. SHANNON.

CARD DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1910.

Patented N0v.15,1910.

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CARD DISPLAY CASE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 25, 1910.

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

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HARRY A. SHANNON, 0F APPLETON, WISCONSIN.

CARD-DISPLAY CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 25, 1910. Serial No. 557,474.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that' I, IIARRY A. SHANNON, a citizen of the United States,residing at Appleton, county of Outagamie, and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Card-Display Cases, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cases or racks for displayingcards and more especially illustrated postal cards, and has for itsobject the production of a device of this character which shall becapable of dis playing a maximum number of cards and be so constructedas to be readily foldable for the exclusion of dust and dirt, wherebygreater life is given the cards.

A further object of my invention is to provide a device of the characterstated which shall be simple of construction, inexpensive to manufactureand efficient in operation.

Other objects will appear hereinafter.

With these objects in View my invention consists in the novelconstruction and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and inwhich,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my im proved card display case in itspreferred form, showing the same in partially folded position, as whenattached to a wall, Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, except that theleaves of the device are in open position, Fig. 3 is a front elevationof the back of the device, the leaves thereof being removed forclearness of illustration, Fig. 4: is a top plan view showing the devicefolded and locked when not in use, Fig. 5 is a front elevation of thedevice when folded, as shown in Fig. 4, Fig. 6 is a side elevation of aleaf, and Figs. 7 and 8 are perspective views of card pockets, the samebeing omitted in all the fi ures, except Figs. 5 and 6, for clearness oillustration.

Referring now to the drawings, the case comprises two back main frames 1having sheet metal covers 2, the arms 3 integral with and inclined tosaid frames being hinged together by a rod 4. Each leaf 5 is providedwith arms 6 similar to arms 3 also hinged together by the rod 4, aflange 4 being provided to support the lower arms on said rod. The sheetmetal back covers 2 are provided with apertures 7 by means of which thecase may be hung up on the wall. In order to lock the case when folded,a latch 8 is pivoted as at 9 to one of the back frames 1, the latchbeing adapted to engage a pin 10 provided on the other back frame. Feet11 and 12 are provided on the back frames 1 and leaves 5 respectively sothat the case may be placed on a show-case or table if so desired.

Each leaf 5 and frame 1 contains vertically elongated subordinate frames13 and horizontally elongated subordinate frames 14 to receive cardpockets 13 and 14 respectively, one of each of the latter being shownmounted in Fig. 6. The back frames 1 are provided with slots 15, and theleaves 5 with perforations 16, and each card pocket is U-shaped andprovided with card retaining flanges 17 and pins or trunnions 18 adaptedto engage either said slots or said perforations. These trunnions.permit the card pockets to swing in the leaves 5, as indicated by dottedlines, whereby the pockets may be easily filled with cards or the sameremoved therefrom. The pockets which are arranged in the back frame 1evidently cannot swing because of the sheet metal cover 2, hence theslots 17 are provided to facilitate the ready removal of the pockets forfilling the same with cards.

It is apparent from the foregolng description that the cards are visiblefrom either side of the card pockets, and that a large number of cardsmay be displayed 1n a moderate sized case.

While I have shown what I deem to be the preferable form of my improvedcard display case I do not wish to be llmited thereto as there might bevarious changes made in the details of construction and arrangement ofparts described without departing from the spirit of the invention, andhence I desire to avail myself of such varlatlons and modifications ascome within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent is:

In a device of the class described, the combination of two hinged mainframes provided with subordinate frames therein, the

Patented Nov. 15, 1910.

said subordinate frames being provided with L-slia'ped siots in theirsides; one or In testimony whereof i have signed my more intermediatehinged leaves having subname to this specification in the presence ofordinate frames therein provided with pivtW IbSQDlb .11g W1tIIQ Q otalperforations in their sides; and card HARRY A. SHANNON. pockets providedwith pins fitting within VVitnessesi said slots and perforations,substantially as BERT F. GOODRIOH, 7

described. G. R. KENT.

